VideoKABUL, Afghanistan — Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed Afghan woman whose photograph as a young refugee girl was published on the cover of National Geographic magazine three decades ago, received a warm welcome on Wednesday from Afghanistan’s president after she was deported from Pakistan. Photo“Pakistan’s decision to deport Sharbat Gula is a grave injustice,” said Champa Patel, the group’s South Asia director. Mr. Murtazawi said that the Afghan government had arranged for Ms. Gula’s release from detention and her return to Afghanistan. Ms. Gula’s famous portrait as a 12-year-old, taken in 1984 by Steve McCurry, a National Geographic photographer, became an iconic image of Afghan refugees and was widely copied and disseminated. Eighteen years later, Mr. McCurry found and photographed Ms. Gula as an adult, still living as a refugee in Pakistan.

Source: International New York Times November 09, 2016 15:20 UTC